Canton Women Running Marathon For Cancer Research

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

CANTON, CT/BOSTON, MASS. – Two Canton residents will be running the nation's most famous marathon with completion not the only goal in mind when they run on April 15.

The duo — Kristen Manning and Katherine Walker — are running to defy cancer as a member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the 128th Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America.

Along with more than 500 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge teammates from across the United States and around the world, they will run Massachusetts’ historic marathon route from Hopkinton to Boston to collectively raise more than $7.85 million for cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

This year marks the 35th annual running of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC).

All funds raised by the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team benefit Dana-Farber’s Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research, which enables promising science research in its earliest stages.

The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge has raised more than $122 million for the program to date.

Runners include cancer survivors and patients, and family and friends of those who have been affected by cancer.

Each team member must fulfill a basic fundraising commitment:

• Invitational runners - runners who receive their entry from Dana-Farber have a minimum fundraising commitment of $10,000.
• Own entry runners ­- runners who have joined the DFMC team after obtaining their race entry have a fundraising commitment of $4,000.

To contribute to the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, visit RunDFMC.org or contact the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge office at 617-632-1970 or dfmc@dfci.harvard.edu. Follow DFMC on Facebook: www.facebook/marathonchallenge.